Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/archive

Welcome

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the continent of Africa with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its future subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page.

To participate, simply add your name to the members subpage.

Scope

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the continent of Africa, its countries, cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Africa in a fair and accurate manner.

Departments

Although the assessment page is yet to be created, there is a banner at {{WP Africa}} which we will use if and when the project takes off. We shall use it to do assessments of the articles in the scope of this project which are not assessed by other projects.

Featured content

Did you know? (DYK)

Articles on Africa-related subjects featured on the Main Page's Did you know? section:

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Resources

Stubs

If the priority articles in the top of this page don't interest you, you can always expand one of these stubs.

• Category:Africa stubs

Templates

• {{Africa-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Africa; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{AfroAsiatic-lang-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to African and Asiatic languages; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{nc-lang-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to Niger-Congo languages; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{ns-lang-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to Nilo-Saharan languages; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Africa-bio-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to African people; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Africa-boxing-bio-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to African boxing biographies; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Africa-royal-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to African royalty; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Africa-writer-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to African writers; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Africa-politician-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to African politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
      • {{East-Africa-politician-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to East African politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
      • {{West-Africa-politician-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Western African politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Africa-footy-bio-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to African football biographies; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Africa-athletics-bio-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to African athletics biographies; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Africa-music-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to African music; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Africa-university-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to African universities; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Africa-school-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to African schools; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Africa-airline-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to African airlines; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Africa-company-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to African companies; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Africa-party-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to African political parties; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Africa-footyclub-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to African football clubs; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Africa-myth-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to African mythology; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Africa-struct-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to African buildings and structures; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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• {{Africa-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Africa geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{AfricaC-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Central Africa geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{AfricaE-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to East Africa geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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    • {{AfricaS-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Southern Africa geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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  • {{Africa-hist-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to African history; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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  • {{AfricanUnion-stub}} - Stub notice for all articles relating to the African Union; placed at the bottom of article pages.

• • {{Algeria-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Algeria; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Algeria-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Algeria geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Algeria-bio-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Algerian people; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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    • {{Angola-bio-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Angolan people; placed at the bottom of article pages.
      • {{Angola-politician-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Angola politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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    • {{Botswana-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Botswana geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{BurkinaFaso-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Burkina Faso; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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    • {{Cameroon-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Cameroon geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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  • {{CentralAfricanRepublic-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Central African Republic; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{CentralAfricanRepublic-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Central African Republic geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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    • {{Chad-politician-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Chad politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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    • {{Ghana-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Ghana geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Guinea-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Guinea; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Guinea-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Guniea geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{GuineaBissau-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Guinea-Bissau; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{GuineaBissau-politician-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Guinea Bissau politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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    • {{Kenya-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Kenya geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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    • {{Libya-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Libya geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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    • {{Madagascar-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Madagascar geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Malawi-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Malawi; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Malawi-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Malawi geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Mali-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Mali; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Mali-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Mali geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Mali-bio-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Malian people; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Mauritania-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Mauritania; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Mauritania-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Mauritania geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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  • {{Morocco-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Morocco; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Morocco-bio-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Moroccan people; placed at the bottom of article pages.
      • {{Morocco-footy-bio-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Moroccan football biographies; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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  • {{Mozambique-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Mozambique; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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  • {{Nigeria-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Nigeria; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Nigeria-bio-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Nigerian people; placed at the bottom of article pages.
      • {{Nigeria-politician-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Nigerian politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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  • {{RCongo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Republic of the Congo; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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  • {{Tunisia-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Tunisia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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    • {{Zimbabwe-geo-stub}} Stub notice for all articles relating to Zimbabwe geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
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Note: Please do not create further stub templates or categories without proposing them at WP:WSS/P first.

Websites

• allAfrica.com current news, events and statistics
• BBC News In Depth - Africa 2005: Time for Change?
• Yale Economic Review Africa:Failed Economic History

Photos and Information

• Jungle Photos Jungle Photos Africa provides images and information on various countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Afrika.no News
• Africa Encyclopedia Article from 1920s
• [1] PBS' African site

Directories

• Library of Congress - African & Middle Eastern Reading Room
• Open Directory Project - Africa directory category
• Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara
• The Index on Africa directory from The Norwegian Council for Africa
• [2] African Union Members

Politics

• Africa Action Africa Action is the oldest organization in the United States working on African affairs. It is a national organization that works for political, economic and social justice in Africa.
• Commission for Africa
• African Unification Front
• Working class history in Africa -- people's and grassroots histories

Sports

• Confederation of African Football; in English and French